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Sioux Delegation of 1877, Three Photographs Taken in Washington, DC, by Mathew Brady

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 400

Sioux Delegation of 1877, Three Photographs Taken in Washington, DC, by Mathew Brady

Schätzpreis
14.000 $ - 18.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
32.500 $
Beschreibung:

Lot of 3 exceptional albumen photographs of the 1877 Sioux Delegation to Washington, DC taken by famed photographer Mathew Brady (ca 1822-1896). Each approx. 9.75 x 7.35 in. In the aftermath of the 1876 Great Sioux War (Black Hills War) and the death of Crazy Horse, the Sioux were beholden to the United States federal government. The government had decided by 1877 to remove the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies to the Missouri River. In opposition to this decision, a delegation comprised of ten Oglala from the Red Cloud Agency, ten Brulé from the Spotted Tail Agency, and three Arapaho formed and traveled to Washington DC in September 1877 to entreat President Hayes to come to an alternate solution. Led by Spotted Tail (ca 1823-1881) and Red Cloud (1822-1909), they met with Hayes on September 27 where they argued their case appealing to both temperance sentiments and Hayes’ sense of justice. As reported the next day in the New York Times, Red Cloud explained that life on the Missouri would be intolerable as “there is too much whiskey there. If I go there I will come to nothing at all.” Spotted Tail spoke more bluntly, “You take our lands from us...your people make roads and drive away the game, and thus make us poor and starve us.” Hayes was elected in the aftermath of the Little Bighorn and was under public pressure to deal with the “Sioux problem” firmly. He was, however, sympathetic to humanitarian reformers, believing that if the Indians were treated fairly that they might begin to embrace “civilization.” The result of the meeting was a compromise. The US Government required them to move to the Missouri for the winter, arguing that supplies had already been shipped there and it was too late to reroute them. The Indians did receive a critical concession, however, with the government agreeing to allow them to choose the permanent locations for the agencies after the winter. Mathew Brady was in financial difficulty due to his heavy investment in photographing the Civil War. He had assumed the US government would want to purchase the master photographs, but they declined. The public distaste for the horrors of war meant that the private market was also disinterested and he went into bankruptcy. Brady produced these photos in his Washington DC photo studio where he worked until his death in 1895. The three group portraits capture most of the members of the delegation, as well as some of the interpreters who accompanied them. The Sioux are dressed in traditional clothing with several wearing full feather headdresses and holding pipes. The verso of each photograph has a label from a 1921 exhibition at The Second International Congress of Eugenics at the American Museum of Natural History with an ownership record of C.F. Fish of South Swansea, Massachusetts. The first portrait includes all of the delegates from the Red Cloud Agency, except American Horse (1840-1908). Red Cloud himself is seated in the front row wearing a resplendent headdress. The portrait seems somewhat impromptu as there are two figures in the background and Yellow Bear and others are not fully posed. Caption: “Sioux, Red Cloud, Little Big Man, Little Wound, Big Road, Three Bears, Yellow Bear, Iron Crow, He-Dog” Seated, left to right: Red Cloud, Little Wound (ca 1835-1899), Yellow Bear (ca 1844-1913), Iron Crow, He Dog (ca 1840-1936) Standing, left to right: Probably F.C. Boucher (or another interpreter), Little Big Man, Big Road, Young Man Afraid of His Horses (1836-1893), Three Bears, William Garnett (also known as Billy Hunter, interpreter) The second portrait captures the complete delegation from the Spotted Tail Agency with Spotted Tail seated in the center wearing comparatively simple clothing. The interpreter William Garnett (Billy Hunter) is wearing a horned headdress, similar to the one worn by Three Bears in the first image. Caption: “Spotted Tail/ Sioux Indian Delegation in early seventies/ to Washington D.C.” Seated, left to right: Red Bear, Ring Th

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 400
Auktion:
Datum:
15.11.2019
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 3 exceptional albumen photographs of the 1877 Sioux Delegation to Washington, DC taken by famed photographer Mathew Brady (ca 1822-1896). Each approx. 9.75 x 7.35 in. In the aftermath of the 1876 Great Sioux War (Black Hills War) and the death of Crazy Horse, the Sioux were beholden to the United States federal government. The government had decided by 1877 to remove the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies to the Missouri River. In opposition to this decision, a delegation comprised of ten Oglala from the Red Cloud Agency, ten Brulé from the Spotted Tail Agency, and three Arapaho formed and traveled to Washington DC in September 1877 to entreat President Hayes to come to an alternate solution. Led by Spotted Tail (ca 1823-1881) and Red Cloud (1822-1909), they met with Hayes on September 27 where they argued their case appealing to both temperance sentiments and Hayes’ sense of justice. As reported the next day in the New York Times, Red Cloud explained that life on the Missouri would be intolerable as “there is too much whiskey there. If I go there I will come to nothing at all.” Spotted Tail spoke more bluntly, “You take our lands from us...your people make roads and drive away the game, and thus make us poor and starve us.” Hayes was elected in the aftermath of the Little Bighorn and was under public pressure to deal with the “Sioux problem” firmly. He was, however, sympathetic to humanitarian reformers, believing that if the Indians were treated fairly that they might begin to embrace “civilization.” The result of the meeting was a compromise. The US Government required them to move to the Missouri for the winter, arguing that supplies had already been shipped there and it was too late to reroute them. The Indians did receive a critical concession, however, with the government agreeing to allow them to choose the permanent locations for the agencies after the winter. Mathew Brady was in financial difficulty due to his heavy investment in photographing the Civil War. He had assumed the US government would want to purchase the master photographs, but they declined. The public distaste for the horrors of war meant that the private market was also disinterested and he went into bankruptcy. Brady produced these photos in his Washington DC photo studio where he worked until his death in 1895. The three group portraits capture most of the members of the delegation, as well as some of the interpreters who accompanied them. The Sioux are dressed in traditional clothing with several wearing full feather headdresses and holding pipes. The verso of each photograph has a label from a 1921 exhibition at The Second International Congress of Eugenics at the American Museum of Natural History with an ownership record of C.F. Fish of South Swansea, Massachusetts. The first portrait includes all of the delegates from the Red Cloud Agency, except American Horse (1840-1908). Red Cloud himself is seated in the front row wearing a resplendent headdress. The portrait seems somewhat impromptu as there are two figures in the background and Yellow Bear and others are not fully posed. Caption: “Sioux, Red Cloud, Little Big Man, Little Wound, Big Road, Three Bears, Yellow Bear, Iron Crow, He-Dog” Seated, left to right: Red Cloud, Little Wound (ca 1835-1899), Yellow Bear (ca 1844-1913), Iron Crow, He Dog (ca 1840-1936) Standing, left to right: Probably F.C. Boucher (or another interpreter), Little Big Man, Big Road, Young Man Afraid of His Horses (1836-1893), Three Bears, William Garnett (also known as Billy Hunter, interpreter) The second portrait captures the complete delegation from the Spotted Tail Agency with Spotted Tail seated in the center wearing comparatively simple clothing. The interpreter William Garnett (Billy Hunter) is wearing a horned headdress, similar to the one worn by Three Bears in the first image. Caption: “Spotted Tail/ Sioux Indian Delegation in early seventies/ to Washington D.C.” Seated, left to right: Red Bear, Ring Th

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 400
Auktion:
Datum:
15.11.2019
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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